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Hi Kath & mike and everyone, this my first time on the forum, I have had a diagnoses of sleep apnoea for about 5 years and have been just muddling along with my machine since diagnoses. I hope to get time to read through peoples posts and see what advice etc is out there.
I discovered the forum and then started thinking "why on earth didn't I think about support groups before" because I decided I would very much like to go camping or caravanning again and thought there must be something out there other than a mains hook up and as I started to research the issue I found this forum and thought well this is a revelation somewhere to share knowledge, experience and give support.
I haven't got very far with the portable power idea other than battery's at quite a cost designed for my res med unit but iam trying to work out what power inverter might be useful as this would be much cheaper and easily obtainable they just hook up to a car type battery and give power...its just which one is the one I might need, if anyone has been down this route any suggestions would be most welcome. look forward to reading post gaining and sharing knowledge and experience.
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Hi Andy,
Do not buy a power inverter. Most of them shut off at 10v leaving you in the middle of the night without power. Get in touch with tech support at the manufacturer of your machine and get their advice. i have a ResMed S9 and they make a power converter for around £60 which works fine. We bought a power inverter for £300 plus and ended up selling it at a loss on Ebay. It was no fun waking up at 2am with no air and no power.
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Permalink Reply by andy killick on
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Thanks Glassdaisy, I will try this as first option then as £60 is reasonable, getting quite excited that I may be able to fnaly return to camping or caravanning again. hope you don't mind me asking but what do you hook you converter up to and do you know how long it gives you power wise.
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